Tuesday, December 25, 2018

Introduction:

Rose of Sharon by Diana MarySharpton (c) All Rights Reserved 2018

“Don't let the expectations and opinions of other people affect your decisions. It's your life, not theirs. Do what matters most to you; do what makes you feel alive and happy. Don't let the expectations and ideas of others limit who you are. If you let others tell you who you are, you are living their reality — not yours. There is more to life than pleasing people. There is much more to life than following others' prescribed path. There is so much more to life than what you experience right now. You need to decide who you are for yourself. Become a whole being. Adventure.”

― Roy T. Bennett

The song being featured this evening is titled "Rose of Sharon"(2). Sung by a brilliant and talented British group, Mumford & Sons. This song is the eighth track in their recently release (i.e. November 16, 2018) fourth albumn titled Delta. The songs introduce elements of electronica, rap and jazz with a tender lyric as with this song. The video is magical and is a collaboration with National Geographic. I recommend a few minutes of your time to check it out."Rose of Sharon" is actually a name used when referring to common flowers like the Hibiscus for one. It does not reference an actual rose. It also has a paradoxical symbolism of purity and passion (i.e. heavenly perfection and earthly passion; virginity and fertility; death and life). The rose is the flower of the goddess Venus but also the blood of Adonis.The video was published by Mumford & Sons onDec 3, 2018.“Belief can be manipulated. Only knowledge is dangerous.” ― Frank Herbert

I have listed the lyrics to the song below for your reading pleasure."Rose Of Sharon" (3)Fold your hair behind your earsRoll your questions across the floorI know you been here for yearsBut at least we been here beforeMy mind finds peace in the shade of your attentionBut gets tangled by the nightI didn't know what I was thinkingBut I know we'll be alrightAnd I will surround youWith a love too deep for wordsHold you from the world and its curseSo long as I have breath in my lungsLong as there's a song to be sungI will be yours and you will be mineEver our lives entwinedMy rose of SharonMy rose of SharonCome crashing in like a wildfire, I'm left in awe of youEvery time I close the door, I'm left wanting more of youI wish I had some grand sense of occasionBut I'll just smile and turn awayI hope you know by nowI don't know another wayWhen it's said and doneI'm yours foreverLike I said, I'm doneI'm yours foreverI will surround youWith a love too deep for wordsHold you from the world and its curseSo long as I have breath in my lungsLong as there's a song to be sungI will be yours and you will be mineEver our lives entwinedMy rose of SharonMy rose of SharonWith a love too deep for wordsI'm yours foreverWith a love too deep for wordsI'm yours foreverWith a love too deep for wordsI'm yours foreverWith a love too deep for wordsI'm yours forever

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Peace as always

Diana

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T. S. Elliot wrote that “Poetry is not a turning loose of emotion, but an escape from emotion; it is not the expression of personality, but an escape from personality. But, of course, only those who have personality and emotions know what it means to want to escape from these things”.